terrible

Meaning

1. terrible
2. (colloquial) great, excellent

Concepts

terrible

awful

dreadful

horrible

horrendous

frightful

dire

abysmal

fearful

😨

fearsome

terrific

formidable

tremendous

gruesome

horrific

cruel

frightening

direful

severe

outrage

painful

petrifying

portentous

scary

serious

staggering

terrifying

tyranny

unexpected

unimaginable

unspeakable

unthinkable

very

violent

wicked

very bad

earth-shattering

to a very great extent

frightsome

abominable

sucktastic

absurd

amazing

appalling

atrocious

atrocity

decent

deterring

dread

dreaded

Synonyms

épouvantable

horrible

affreux

effrayant

redoutable

effroyable

extrême

grave

affreuse

génial

incroyable

abominable

sérieux

méchant

atroce

terrifiant

féroce

cruel

extra

super

extraordinaire

piètre

prodigieux

remarquable

sensationnel

sévère

sinistre

très

violent

cauchemardesque

cruauté

exécrable

fabuleuse

sensationnelle

tyrannie

vraiment pas

épatante

awful

absurde

atrocité

barbare

bath

chouette

🦉

énervant

énorme

entêté

épatant

fabuleux

fantastique

formidable

Translations

terrible

schrecklich

furchtbar

terrível

horrível

korkunç

terribile

terrible

τρομερός

horrible

entsetzlich

vreselijk

φοβερός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛ.ʁibl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: terribilis

In summary

Inherited from Middle French terrible, inherited from Old French terrible (first attested ca. 1160), borrowed from Latin terribilis.

Sentences

Un cri terrible répondit à ce cri .

A terrible cry answered that cry.

Carrier était là , en face de lui , à portée de son bras terrible .

Carrier was there, in front of him, within reach of his terrible arm.

Un terrible combat eut lieu à un carrefour au milieu d'un feu de forêt .

A terrible fight took place at a crossroads in the middle of a forest fire.